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Rueff, Rita
Lecturer, Department of People Management and Organisation at Esade
URL Contracted Doctoral Professor
Colaboradora Académica de Personal Administrativo, GLEAD - Leadership Development Research Centre
Education
- Ph D in Human Resources Management. ISCTE- Iinstituto Superior de Ciencias Do Trabajo e Da Empresa
- Master of arts Human Resources Management. University of Bolton
- Licenciatura en Psicología. ISCTE - Iinstituto Superior de Ciencias Do Trabajo e Da Empresa
Biography
Dr. Rita Rueff Lopes is a researcher and professor in Organizational Behavior at ESADE Business School, where she has also contributed with other roles including the general coordination of the Master’s and BBA Final Research Projects.
She holds a European PhD in Management, with a specialization in Human Resources Management and Organizational Behavior, from ISCTE–Instituto Universitário de Lisboa and the University of Barcelona. She also completed an MA in Human Resources Management from the University of Bolton UK and a BA in Psychology from ISCTE.
Her research focuses on emotions, well-being and human decisions at work, integrating approaches from social and organizational psychology. Her work combines qualitative, quantitative and nonlinear analytical methods, including artificial neural networks, diary studies and psychophysiological measures.
Dr. Rueff Lopes has authored numerous articles in leading academic journals such as European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, Journal of Happiness Studies, Personnel Review, Current Psychology, and Applied Psychology: Health and Well-being. She has presented her research at major international conferences and collaborates in national and EU-funded projects on emotional and motivational processes at work.
In addition to her academic activities, she has contributed to social impact initiatives such as Refugees Aid Barcelona.
Selected publications
- Junça-Silva, A., Pombo, R. & Rueff-Lopes, R. (2026). Hybrid work as a self-determining context: examining the psychological mechanisms behind job satisfaction. Learning Organization, 33 (7), pp. 39-57. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/TLO-01-2025-0021.
- Rueff-Lopes, R., Ezzeddine, R. & Villaseñor, F. (2026). Tell me Why: The Attributional Styles at Work Questionnaire and its Relationship with Affectivity, Personality, and Motivation. Spanish Journal of Psychology, 29, e13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/SJP.2026.10030.
- Rueff-Lopes, R. & Cropanzano, R. (2026). Special Issue Call for Papers: Thirty Years of Affective Events Theory: New Directions in the Knowledge Era. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 35 (2), pp. 246-248. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2026.2620328.
- Navarro, J., Rueff-Lopes, R. & Otero, M. (2026). It's not Just Business: Frequency and Intensity of Basic Emotions at Work and Triggered Events. Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 42, pp. 1-14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5093/jwop2026a1.
- Junça-Silva, A., Faria, C. & Rueff-Lopes, R. (2026). Onboarding for success: exploring the effects of socialization tactics on newcomer well-being. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 34 (2), pp. 657¿680. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-01-2025-5165.
- Rueff-Lopes, R., Velasco, F., Sayeras Maspera, J. & Junça-Silva, A. (2025). Understanding turnover of generation Y early-career workers: the influence of values and field of study. Personnel Review, 54 (2), pp. 762-778. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-10-2023-0918.
- Sayeras Maspera, J. & Rueff-Lopes, R. (2025). Match made in Heaven or Hell?: Understanding the High Incidence of Tinder Rapes in Spain. Spanish Journal of Psychology, 28, pp. 1-11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/SJP.2024.33.
- Sayeras Maspera, J. & Rueff-Lopes, R. (2025). Freiheit in Speech : The Tools used by Angela Merkel to Portray the Concept of Economic Freedom. History of Economic Ideas: XXXIII, 2, pp. 65-97. DOI: https://doi.org/10.19272/202506102003.
- Mosteo, L. & Rueff-Lopes, R. (2024). The non-sleepy neurotic: the role of a good night's sleep for daily self-regulatory resources and vitality at work.. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 32 (9), pp. 2052-2066. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-07-2023-3832.
- Rueff-Lopes, R., Sayeras Maspera, J. & Velasco, F. (2024). Examining the Motivations Underlying International Students' Migration Behaviors: the Case of Master's Students in Spain. Journal of International Migration and Integration, 25 (1), pp. 309-329. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-023-01072-2.
- Junça-Silva, A. & Rueff-Lopes, R. (2024). Exploring How the Dark Triad and Curiosity Shape the Trajectory of Affective Events in Response to COVID-19 Stress and Psychological Well-Being: A Three-Way Interaction Model. Social Sciences, 13 (3), 130. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci13030130.
- Junça Silva, A., Caetano, A. & Rueff-Lopes, R. (2023). Daily work engagement is a process through which daily micro-events at work influence life satisfaction. International Journal of Manpower, 44 (7), pp. 1288-1306. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-05-2022-0214.
- Mosteo, L., Junça-Silva, A. & Rueff-Lopes, R. (2023). Gratitude intersects with affect as a boundary condition for daily satisfaction: An affective dynamics perspective. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 15 (3), pp. 1028-1045. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12424.
- Mosteo, L. & Rueff-Lopes, R. (2023). The role of mindfulness on the relationship between daily micro-events and daily gratitude: A within-person analysis. Personality and Individual Differences, 200, pp. 1-7. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111891.
- Marques-Quinteiro, P. & Rueff-Lopes, R. (2023). Improvisation. The Routledge Companion to Improvisation in Organizations (1st ed., pp. 423-436). Taylor & Francis. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003171768-31.
- Junça-Silva, A., Caetano, A. & Rueff-Lopes, R. (2022). A supportive climate may protect employees' well-being from negative humour events: a test of the affective events theory with humour events.. The European Journal of Humour Research, 10 (3), pp. 138-151. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7592/EJHR2022.10.3.599.
- Navarro, J., Rueff-Lopes, R. & Laurenceau, J. (2022). Studying Within-Person Changes in Work Motivation in the Short and MediumTerm: You Will Likely Need More Measurement Points than You Think!. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 38 (1), pp. 1-17. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5093/jwop2022a1.
- Rueff-Lopes, R., Leveau, R., Junça-Silva, A. & Mosteo, L. (2022). Adapting to a New Country During an Expatriate Mission: The Vital Role of Events and Emotions. Nonlinear Dynamics Psychology and Life Sciences, 26 (2), pp. 187-208.
- Batista-Foguet, J., Velasco Moreno, F., Rueff-Lopes, R. & Marques Quinteiro, P. (2021). Assessing the effects of a transformational leadership training programme within the Catalan police force. Policing: a Journal of Policy and Practice, 15 (4), pp. 2391-2406. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paab048.
- Caetano, A., Costa, S. F., Neumeyer, X., Rueff-Lopes, R. & Santos, S. C. (2020). Uncovering the affective turmoil during opportunity recognition and exploitation: A nonlinear approach. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2020.e00184.
- Rueff-Lopes, R. (2020). Unfriendly customer behaviors and employees' psychological capital: the role of health symptoms and positive humor events. Current Psychology, 42 (19), pp. 16381-16391. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-01163-8.
- Navarro, J., Rueff-Lopes, R. & Rico, R. (2020). New nonlinear and dynamic avenues for the study of work and organizational psychology: an introduction to the special issue. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 29 (4), pp. 477-482. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2020.1794952.
- Junça-Silva, A., Caetano, A. & Rueff-Lopes, R. (2020). A working day in the life of employees: Development and validation of the scale for daily hassles and uplifts at work. TPM - Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology, 27 (2), pp. 221-250. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4473/TPM27.2.5.
- Junça-Silva, A., Caetano, A. & Rueff-Lopes, R. (2018). Activated or deactivated? Understanding how cognitive appraisals can drive emotional activation in the aftermath of daily work events. Revue Europeenne de Psychologie Appliquee, 68 (4-5), pp. 189-198. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erap.2018.10.001.
- Rueff-Lopes, R., Navarro, J. & Caetano, A. (2017). Forecasting the influence of customer related micro events on employees' emotional, attitudinal and physiological responses. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 26 (6), pp. 779-797. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2017.1360286.
- Junça-Silva, A., Caetano, A. & Rueff-Lopes, R. (2017). Daily uplifts, well-being and performance in organizational settings: The differential mediating roles of affect and work engagement. Journal of Happiness Studies, 18 (2), pp. 591-606. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-016-9740-2.
- Velasco, M. J., Navarro, J. & Rueff-Lopes, R. (2017). Teoría de los Acontecimientos Afectivos: Revisión de su Impacto y Desarrollos en el Estudio del Afecto en las Organizaciones. Revista Psicologia Organizações e Trabalho, 38, pp. 30-38. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17652/rpot/2017.1.12106.
- Navarro, J. & Rueff-Lopes, R. (2015). Healthy Variability in Organizational Behavior: Empirical Evidence and New Steps for Future Research. Nonlinear Dynamics Psychology and Life Sciences, 19 (4), pp. 529-552.
- Rueff-Lopes, R., Navarro, J., Caetano, A. & Junça Silva, A. (2014). A Markov Chain Analysis of Emotional Exchange in Voice-to-Voice Communication: Testing for the Mimicry Hypothesis of Emotional Contagion. Human Communication Research, 41 (3), pp. 412-434. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/hcre.12051.
- Rueff-Lopes, R. & Caetano, A. (2012). The Emotional Contagion Scale: Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties in a Portuguese Sample. Psychological Reports, 111 (3), pp. 898-904. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2466/08.21.28.PR0.111.6.898-904.